Shoe-rack.



PATENTED NOV. 26, 190'?.

L. P. BOWEN.

SHOE RACK.

IGATIOI PIL-BD APB.

APPL

LEANDER l. BOWEN, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-RACK. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 26, 19o7.`

Application filed April 20. 1907. Serial No. 359.347.

T o all whom it may concern/:

Be itvknown that I, LEANDER P. BOWEN, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga, in the State oi New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Racks, of which.thefollowing7 taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,`

. clear, and exact description.

, Thisinvention relates to certain improvements inportable shoe racks for factory use in transporting shoes and like articles in various stages of completion from one locality or class lof workmen to another.

My main object is to provide rigid trarne with a series ot' racks arranged 1n tiers, one above the other, a sutiieient distance. apart to permit the insertion of shoes upon and betaveen them, and to mount said frame upon suitable casters, whereby the frame withthe shoes thereon may be readily transported or moved from place to place.

Another object is to provide each rack with a companion separator frame for hohling the shoes side by side a uniform distance apart to prevent their rubbing` one against the other, thereby avoidingr marring of the shoes by friction and to loosely mount said traine in the main supporting frame in such nia-nner that it may be readily removed when it is desired to place the shoes in closer Contact with each other so that the entire apparatus may be used with or without the separating frames,

Other objects and uses relatinpr to the specific parts of the .invention will be brought out in the 'following description.

In the drawings --Figure l, is a perspective view of my improved shoe rack showing; all 'but one oi" the rea'novaole separator racks in place, Fig. 2 is a perspective view ol" one. of.

detached separator racks. cross sectional view ot' the opper portionot' the main 'traine showingiwo ot the rarksand one of the separator frames.

ln carrying ont the objects stated, Y i provide a main snpiliorting lranie eoinposed of base bars --l tied 4together and held a fixed distance apart b v cross bars Y and upon which are mounted upright sinndards or corner posts 3- haring their lower ends rigidly secured to the base bars Ml and rigidly braced thereon by suitabie braces These u right posts at each end oi the trame are 'furt'ier tied together and braeral by a sf ries of cross-bars --lP- disposed in planes at va light, yet

Fig. 3 `is avand parallel one above the other a suflicient distance apart to permit the insertion of shoes right side up between them. These cross bars -6- are preferably arranged in pairs, one at each -end of the frame and 1n the same horizontal plane, those of each pai-r being connected by lengthwise 4slats or bars -S-f which are spaced apart to lighten the structure and to form a suitable support upon which the bottoms of the shoes `are adaptedo rest. These cross bars -6 and their connecting slats or hars -8- constitute a series of shelves which are practically eoextensive with the horizontal area of the main supporting frame, the space between the several shelves being leit open for the reception of the shoes. Associated with each shelf is a separator rack consisting in this instance ol" s. central lengthwise bar 9 and a series of cross-arms -1U- spaced apart and projecting from opposite sides of the bar -9- to which they are secured. 'lhe central bar -9- is parallel with and substantially midway between the outer bars 8f of the shelf with which it is associated and has its opposite ends loosely iitted in sockets or recesses -11- centrall in the corresponding end bars --6, w iile the separator ting-ers or arms -10- 'are secured to the central bar -9 and project e uidistant 'from and at opposite sides thereof, t ieir outer ends being loosely seated in the socket or l-S olil the eorreslionding shelf. It therefore, appears that the lengthwise bar e9- of each sheli is held fr In relative endwise or lateral movement wheil seated in the sockets --ll--- and that the free ends of the separator Alingers or arms ,lll-'are similarly held 'from lateral movement in the sock-ets -l 2-. Each of the bars JJ- is therefore equipped with a number of oppositely projecting se )arator arms lO-J- which are spaced apart a distance corresponding approximately to the width of an ordinary shoe. so that when the shoes are placed in 'the separator bars or lingers with the heels against thc central bar UM such shoes are held a slight distance apart to prevent injury by mbbing one against the other, the toes of the shoes point ing outward and resting upon the outer bars -8-.

If it is desired to use the shoe-rack without the separator frames the latter may be readily lifted from their retaining sockets substantially right angles to the bars --l-- l --.l1- and 12- and removed from their companion shelves, in which case the shoes may be placed promiscuously, or side by side in regular order upon said shelvestogether, as for instance, when transporting the shoes in the earlier stages of completion when they f are not so liable to be marred by rubbing o/nem against 'the other. I.

The entire shoe-rack is mounted upon suitable casters 14-m secured to. the bottom bars -1-' to permit the shoe-rack to be readily `rolled or Inoved from place to place in the tation ol the rack from place'to place along the lloor of the factory.

f What claim is: v

ln portable shoe racks, a frame embodyinf base bars, corner posts supported by sai base bars, and cross bars connecting said corner posts together at intervals throughout their length, shelves connecting the cross bars at one end ol the irarne with the cross bars at the other end tl1ereof,`each shell comprising a pluralityol bars having their ends secured in the end cross bars and having the central bars of the shelf de ressed in a plane below the outer bars whereny the bottoms of` the shelves areconeave 11i form, and se a-l rator racks each cornprising a longitudine lyextending central bar seated at its ends in notches provided therefor in end cross bars, and a series ol'V cross arms connected to the central bar and proj ect-ing from opposite sides thereof, the said projecting arnis resting on the bars of said "shelves, said bars being of greatest width at their innerl ends with their underneath edges tapering to the outer ends to conform to the concave shelves, and the lengthwise bar of the separator rack detachably engaged with the cross bars of the frame.

ln witness whereof l have hereuntolset my hand this 10th dayof' April 1907. y'

LEANDER l. BOWEN.

Witnesses:

KATHERINE L. HUNTERL WM. Ii. VA'NORMAN. 

